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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-06-10

5000 yards Cream Crnkled Seersucker
Ginghams. eight different widths Of stripes,
only &c. per yard.
100 pieces Of fine Curtain Scrims, coce
styles of tasgotting, only Sc. per yard.
1000 yards Figured SateenS. light and dark
ground colors. with fancy figures. lovely
styles. only l2tt,. per yard
1000 pa,rs White and Ecru Nottingham
Lace Curtains. only 75c. per pair
1000 Ready Made Window Sha les, Spring
Roller all c,lor>, only 5Ic. each.
100 dozen Ladies Pin Stripe Cotton Hose,
full regular made, double heel and toe, oily
pc per pair.
Mems ShirtS.-We Lave received another
hundred dozen of Mems Uula.Indricd Dress
Shirts, thor oughly made and well fitting,
which we offer at the low price of SOC. each.
This shirt is unequalled in this country at the
price.
New Neckwear.-300 dozen Neckties, :5Oc
each, The shapes are ''Four in Hand" and
"hnotS, aud come in a choice variety of pat
terms in light coloringS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-06-10
444 ACHES.

MORE OR LESS,
a portion of which is covered with good PINE
and OAK WOOD. The soil produces fine
wheat and potatoes, is susceptible of high
improvement and could be cultivated to great
advantage as 4 fruit and truck farm. A good
stream of water passes through the place. The
property is located i'll a rapidly improving sec
ton.
1t will be sold as a Whole or in Tracts.
A plat ofthe property showing b-dyision will
be exhibited on the day of sale.
TERMS OF SALE, as prescribed by the de-
cree One-third of the purcease money to be
paid in Cash on the day of sale or ratification
thereof by the Court, and the balance in two
equal instalments in one and two years from
the day OF sale; the deferred payments to bear
interest from the day of sale, and the pay
ment thereof to be secured by the bonds of
the purchaser, with a surety or sureties to be
approved by the Trustees. \ deposit will be
required upon day of sale.
FREDERICK SASSCER, JE..
WILLIAM STANLEY,
May PTS Trustees.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27

An excellent method OF utilizing the
hay seed and dust is to place it where the
hens can scratch it over. They will find
quite au amount of valuable material
which would be useless for any other pur-
pose.
The fleece of the Merino sheep is some
times so thick aud heavy that in Yer
mont and Wisconsin when sheep are shear
ed early in the season, they are blanketed
to prevent them from becoming chilled
If the Holstein COW, giving forty quarts
of milk per day. and requiring no mere
room than a common COW, giving ten
quarts, can be raised as easily as the in
ferior one, is it wise In farmers to keep
the poor milkerY
Sheep require careful watching, for if
they g into trouble of any sort, as get
ting down in gullies or fastened in be
tween logs or fencerails, they become so
frightened or discouraged they succumb
at once and die.
Compelling cows to drink icewater in
winter does not tend to promote the flow
of milk. Warmth is as essential as good
feeding, md tepid water will greatly
aid digestion and invigorate the cows in
severe weather.
The annual product of maple sugar in
the United States is estimated at 10000
900 pounds. II would be much larger if
farmers prepared for sugar-making in
winter, so as to be in full readiness when
the season opens.
at is estimated that 100000 eggs
are consumed evsry day in the United
States, and yet there are people who fear
the poultry BUSINESS will be overdone."
What nonsense to talk about three
quarters of an egg being eaten every day
by each man, woman and child in the
country!
The plan of farmer for securing large
crops is thus stated by him; Il tell my
men to harrow the ground until they
think it is narrowed twice az much as it
ought to be, and then tell them it is not
narrowed 3. enough" Thorough pull
verization of the soil is more impor-
tant than any other work bestowed upon a
crop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
The Value of Hen Manure.
From the Practical Farm er,


The question is often asked, "What is
the commercial value of hen manure?"
Farmers in their estimates of its value as
applied to their crops differ In their
opinion, at least one-half, some believing
it to be worth not more than seventyfive
cents per barrel, while others are willing
to give $3.50 a barrel for all they car
get.
A table of the value of the different
fertilizers, prepared by Joseph Harris
and published III his "Talks on Manures,"
informs us that hen manure contains in
each 1000 pounds, 1853 pounds of nitro
gen, s.5 of potash and 1874 pounds of
Phosphoric acid.
Sheep manure, 8.3 nitrogen, 6.7 potash,
Is phosphorie acid. Barn manEre, 4.5
nitrogen, 80 potash, 81 phosphoric acid.
Peruvian guano, 100 pounds nitrogen, %
potash, 100 phosphorlc acid. This at the
market price of nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid, as found in these several
fertilizers, would make 1000 pounds of
hen manure worth 1877; sheep manure,
S1.30; barn manure, 81 cents; Peruvian
guano, SAL 33. In coming to this result
the different values of nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid, as found in different sub
stances, was taken. For example, nitro
gen, as found in Peruvian guano, is put
down as worth % cents pound, while in
barn manure it is but II cents. Phos-
phoric acid as found in guano is put
down as worth cents, while in barn ma
nure it is but cents.
1t is evident enough that if we are to
estimate the value of barn manure by the
amount of nitrogen, potash and phosphor-
ic acid, as thus laid down, the Western
people are not as far wrong as we have
thought, when they moved their barns in
stead of the manure, that the cattle nigh
get in and out at the doors.
There is so much difference in manure
that, unless we take the greatest care,
comparisons are very misleading, so
much so that the farmer will often be
quite as near right when he falls back on
his own judgement as formed by practice
on his own farm.
Practical tests have proved that where
hen manure has been placed side by side
with commercial fertilizers, it is worth
$l.15 per barrel, and that barn manure
Is worth 81 per cord, delivered on tho
land. But to be worth this, the hen ma
nure must be under cover and free from
foreign substances, and the barn manure
must also be kept dnder cover, and must
be made by cattle well fed. The value
of any manure depends very much on
the feed.
The value of barn manure is increased
By the fact that in the process of decom-
position it has mechanical effect on the
soil, and while it thus forms from itself
plant food, no doubl it also changes sub
stances in the soil to plant food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
FARM NOTES.

Get your tools sharpened for next
springs work. a good farmer always
uses sharp tools.
good fodder cutter will more than
pay for its cost in single winter season,
and it should always be kept in constant
use.
At a recent exhibition in England where
prizes were given for walking horses,
the speed attained was over five miles an
hour.
Poultry should have certain proper
tion of salt in their food as well as AMI.
mails as it is necessary to the promotion
of health and thrift.
1t is the appearance of goods that sells
them. Nice, large, fat plump white tur-
keys, ducks, chick9 and gees. always
bring outside prices.
Fresh-mado batter with dainty flavor,
must always be sold in preference to a
butter made three months before it is
put on the market.
Muslin answers al the purposes of
glass for runs of little chicks, as it re-
tains the warmth longer, and will retain
water if tightly drawn on frame.
The farmer who does not fence in his
stock when living along the line of a
railroad not only runs the risk Of losing
valuable animals, but endangers the liv es
of travellers.
We would not undertake to raise chick
ems, or to keep poultry through the win
ter and spring without plentiful sup.
ply of dry earth. The best time to store
it is whenever it is dry.
Roots are valuable aids to digestion
when given in connection with grain
food, but when fed exclusively or given
lavishly they have a too laxative effect
which quickly runs down the sheep.
A deirymsn should keep as many cows
only a he can feed well. II is not scono-
mical to divide the food among a large
number when the same results can be Sc
cured from a smaller number well fed
Young lambs will begin to come in
about the latter part of January, and the
ewes should be well sheltered. It does
not pay to have the lambs born In the
fields. Give them plenty Of warmth al
first
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27

/ tainly wrong, and the backser Low will
only give the animal less weight in the
spring, but the final loss in the mature
animal will be several times the amount
which is lost the first year.
Calves or colts coming out in the
spring, rough, or poor, lousy and diseas-
ed, have much less power to make profits
out of pasture grass than have the sleek,
robust yearlings that have been we'll
housed and fed during the winter. Profits
can hardly be expected from the winter
feeding of itself. The summer feeding
on grass is the period when this is realiz-
ed, and the necessary winter feeding
should be so conducted as to give the
young animals the size and vigor with
which to manufacture large quantities os
frame and flesh, out of the cheap pasture
grass. When warm shelter and plenty of
good fine hay is provided, there is no
need of much corn being fed to these
growing animals. small, substantial
ration of oets is as good feed
as either colts or calves can
have, though little shelled or cracked
corn mixed in viii not be amiss, especial
ly if the animal is exposed to cold during
the day, A very good substitute for the
oats can be made by mixing bran and
corn meal in the proportion of one of
corn to three of bran. Ground oil cake
may be used occasionally, and, if mixed
in proper proportion with corn meal,
second substitute is secured. Ground oil
cake is somewhat dangerous in the hands
of inexperienced feeders, on account of
being condensed form of feed; and
when mixed with corn meal the danger
from overlooking is not much lessened.
When the two can be mixed with finely
cut straw or hay, and fed in tight man
gers, the feeding can be left to hired men
with less danger.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27

drawn up into the smallest possible com
pass by the cold. Their names and tails
were filed with electricity, the hairs
sticking out almost straight. presenting
a strange appearance as they huddled to-
gether trying as best they could TO get
some shelter from the bowling wind.
a norther generally blows for three or
four days, and we began TO think about
getting back to Camp Hudson. Through
the night it blew without cessation, the
dust and ashes flying over horses, men
ana bushes. There was no getting ont of
the way, and we were obliged to endure
1t as best we could. In the morning an
officer came riding along in an ambu.
lance toward San Antonio, and we were
only to glad TO ride with him. He had
small escort and seemed as happy as
need be, as he was going out of the coun-
tro and did not care for any small
Inconvenience. There was feeling of
exultation when we got in the ambulance
and were measurahly shielded from the
the storm as the mules trotted along the
hard road, nearly as firm and smooth as
a turnpike. There were few stopping
places and we needed none, our only de-
sire being TO get where there were sons
houses and good fires / have often
heard of large numbers of turkeys killed,
as well RS the success of certain individ-
uals IN that line, but never saw those
birds court death as they did on this os-
caslon. Some of them were large bronze
creatures, as handsome as any fowls that
frequent the forests of America. No
wonder they were looked upon with great
favor by our ancestors, who found them
on this continent,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
Cross Breeding Hogs
Prairie Farmer.

LTdlIit
Many farmers get the idea that they
can raise better hogs by combining the
good qualities of two or more breeds. In
accordance with this view, they one year
Use Poland boar, the next a Berkshire,
and the next perhaps Jersey Red. Some
even 60 30 far as to have a rotation of the
hog crop, by beginning with the first and
gong through the series again. Little if
anything is gained and much lost by this
practice. The hogs are not uniform in
SIZE form, color, general appearance, or
IN ability TO fatten. When a man comes
TO sell them he can not offer an even lot
9t hogs similarly fine in all respects.
The buyer is not so well pleased when he
sees them as he is by an even lot of any one
breed. Another important point is shown
when the farmer comes to pick out young
sows for the next years breeding. If he
mas bred evenly he can get an even lot of
sows the best suited to his idea of a type
or that breed, and a boar can be chosen
,lat Will suit all. Where mixing has been
Ihuuged IN the sows chosen will repre-
sent several types, and the boar can be
Well adapted to only few of the sows.
a man gets some inspiration for better
breeding If he has bred to type always
carried in his mind and annually re-
produced in the pen with increasing &C
euracy.
There Is, of course, something to be
sAil or the other side-breeding too fine,
e breeding in and in to establish or pre-
,s'Fe type. For the practical produc-
YIN OF pork there is no need of doing
.euey breeding. SO many raisors of the
sa1atd breeds can be found within a
.-'ft Journey of almost any farmer, that
q need not lack for boar quite similar
~. ~ ms type without breeding to one
cssaly related.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
FARM. HOME AND GARDEN
IN THE DISTANT YEARS.
CHAMBERS JOURNAL

% met last in the distant years,
And parted ne'er to meet again:
Nv aching eyes were filed with tears,
Nv heart was sore with untold pain.
Bnt though we parted thus for aye
A lingering hope my heart yet holds,
That we may meet again some day
FRI Death shall shroud us in hi folds
We parted; twas the old, old way;
100 we'll trusted friend s deceit
Vaa taken each from each away,
Roth hoping never more TO meet.
He thought that / was false; while /,
Fnsbadowed under falsehood's spell,
In anger said last good by
10 him once had loved SO well.
Rnt now know the truth at last,
/ would knew he knew the same,
To come to nae from out the past
And tell me was not to blame.
But. ali, tbs maybe all too late;
That day of JOY may never dawn;
/ can no more than watch and wait,
Aud through the future year S hope on
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
INNS.

Hang up pin-cushion in the kitchen.
One sweeps away enough pins to keep it
filed
One keep-clean is worth dozen make
cleans.
Keep pail at hand to throw refuse
matter into. Do not throw it into the
sink to be haudled out again.
Heat the bread knife very bot when
about to cut new bread. This vii pre-
vent its rumbling.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
Care II Calves and Colts.
Prairie Farmer.

III ta order that last springs calves and
49, should 20 on grass in the spring,
7'yl feeding and shelter from now until
40. ,lme Is most important. Merely hay
~ --- corn sre4 not adapted to either
ma Ngor or large growth. Some
So as oats or bran or little oil meal
-4 enter the ration, that the muscles.
So. 80 ana nerves have material for
.N'h' Foods that merely fatten are
slihclent for the whole ration.
,s-. $500 lhsse young animals begin to look
eA ana poor, something i most Ger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27

OF course IL is on the increase and very
rapidly too. Not only is there an in
crease in the number of exclusive fan
ciers, but larger percentage of farmers
are now deyoting portion of their time
to thoroughbred poultry, than ever be-
fore, and they find that they are being
amply repaid for the new departure.
The Farmer, new agricultural publica-
ton at st. Paul, speaks to the point on
this subject when it says:
II ,is plain that there is an increase
in the raising of the finer and more profit
able breeds of poultry. This is shown
by the prominence of the poultry feature
OF all our agricultural shows, and by the
number of well supported journals de-
voted exclusively TO this branch of farm
ing. The manifest interest of reader
in the Poultry department of The Farmer
and other agricultural papers attest the
same fact. Another evidence lies in the
amount and character of the advertiser
that appears in the poultry and semi
poultry papers. The number Of poultry
exhibitions is largely increasing all over
the country. We believe that the numb
or in 1886 exceeded one hundred. The
consumption of poultry as also largely
increasing in the towns and cities. Peo-
pie are discovering that, as a change
from beef and pork, there is nothing bet
ter or cheaper than the large, well fat
tened, well dressed fowls now so plenti-
full in our markets.
The people of the farm also realize tho
fact is that there profit in a well managed
flock Of fowls. The wonderful aggregate
consumption of eggs, as shown by the
meagre statistics of this country, as well
as by the more accurately computed
records of Great Britain and France,
brings home to the fact that the value of
egg supply is exceeded by few of the
products of the farm. The figures given
in another column, of the number and
value Of British production and importR-
ton, is simply astonishing to one who
has never carefully considered the matter
of egg consumption. For the present
condition of depression in British agri-
eulture, leading statesmen like Gladstone,
and leading agriculturists like Reed and
Pell are earnestly urging the people to
turn their attention in a greater degree
to the rearing and marketing of poultry,
believing it will be more remuneratiye
than wheat farming, etc, while full
supply raised at home will keep in the
country the millions of money now paid
to foreigners for eggs. The farmer pro
duces upon his own premises two articles
that in themselves alone furnish the most
perfect human food rations known, VIZ.
eggs and milk. From Off these himself
and family should not only live well, but
as the demand Is practically unlimited,
should derive handsome income. BY
right management inside and ov'side the
house this may easily be done.
Mild Complaint.
PUCK
A Brookly citizen who was travelling in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
A Mild Complaint.

A Brookly citizen who was travelling in
Maine fell into the vat of a fish-fertiiizer
company at Eastport, and yrs nearly ssf-
located.
On coming to his senses he said fee
bly,:
'Please let me out at the corner OF
Myrtle and Carleton avenues. I'm glad
to get home again, but this cnr's Lyle
close.
To brighten gold or silver leweiry
brush il With an old tooth brush wet with
soap-snds, and place in sawduaNo dry.
The jewellers use this method,
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
RESOLUTIONS INrnopucEp.

HouSe-By Mr.. Luchsinger, to refer the
contested election matter of Tate and Nc
Cam to the committee on privileges and
elections, with power to send for all per
sons and papers needed. Adopted. BY
Mr.. Apple, inviting the resident clergy to
open the sessions of the assembly with
nraver Lies over
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
RESOLUTION orrEBrD.

Mr.. Taylor, a joint resolution to amend
sec. l, art 10 of the constitution relating
to education. The joint resolution was
one passed by the legislature of 1885.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-03-16
7E0lEEEEs or THESE HORSES
w A z x a N T e d .

TERMS OF SALE: One-fourth
cash, one-half of balance In Fall of 1885
other half, Fall of 1887. Intending
buyers will do we'll to compare our
prices with Eastern dealers. Our
Eastern firm having o man in France
to buy, and one in Illinois to buy
Grades, we defy competition.
We will nuke another shipment Of
this rfavorite breed of Horses in the
Spring, and will take orders for grades
by cropping with thoroughbreds and
trotters, or any kind of a crop Of French
horse, as we'll as full bloods
Also dealers in Polled Angus and Gal
loway cattle. - t.a@&' 80 ,nar
Correspondents solicited.
M. H. HARDY & co. f d,
Successor to Illinois l..
Norman Horse, Go.
National Republican., 1887-09-30
THE DIFFICULTY BRIDGED.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS MAY NOW PAR
TICIPAfE IN THE PARADE.
Action OF the Executive Committee on
the Erection of n Reviewing Stand
Everything Harmonious and the Sub
soriptions Continue to Come In,

The executive committee on the Shep-
herd reception met last night In parlor 10,
willard's Hotel, Mr.. Berret In the chair
But few OF the members were present, but
q quorum transacted the necessary busi-
ness.
Arrangements were made with Mr..
Moxley for decorating the reviewing stand
and the room In which the reception will
be held.
The troubles with the labor organizations,
which have worried the committee not
little, were considered In executive session,
and when the doors were reopened the fol.
lowing resolution, which had been offered
by Mr.. VIM. Dickson and carried, was made
public:
Resoired That proposals be invited for the
construction OF the reviewing stand, accord.
ing to the plan to be submitted. the commit
tee reserving the right to reject any bid.
This made It evident that Mr.. d. j. Nc
Carly was no longer q stumbling block in
the way OF successful parade.
Mr.. 4. u. Neumeyer was appointed an
additional member OF the committee on
Most encouraging reports were received
from members Of the finance committee,
who say that money is being generously
subscribed. Mr.. i. Kurtz johnson, chair.
man OF the committee, said that the name
of every subscriber and the amount Of his
donation would be published in the city
papers.
In consequence Of the absence from the
city Of Maj. Thomas 2. Morgan, Maj. A. G.
Richards was requested to assume the chair
mapship OF the committee on order.
Mr.. Albert Gleason will parade about 500
men with their implements and wagons; he
will also have number Of floats and trans
parencies in line, representing Washington
as IL was and as 1t is.
II was suggested that the National Rifles
he invited to parade at the head OF the civic
division, as Col. Moore has decided that he
cannot aesign them to any position In the
military line as they are not In the District
National Guard. The Rifles had offered
their services as special escort to the gov
ernor, but the committee decided that 1t
would be impossible to accept, as such ac-
ceptance would doubtless result In the with
drawa Of the entire military Of the District
from the parade.
The committee adjourned to meet on
Saturday night at 1880 o'clock.